My First Thomas & Friends
My First Thomas & Friends is a range of chunky plastic toys, based on characters from the long-running children's program Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, they are produced by British toy company: Golden Bear Toys.
The range started in c.1994, and was advertised for young infants who enjoyed the series. The models were safe for younger fans to play with, and unlike the ERTL diecast models, had no unsafe parts to them.
The range started with only a dozen or so models, and has now grown to around 40-45, the range was (for a short-lived amount of time) available in America, under the company Tomy. The toys are still available in many good retail toy shops all around the UK, and despite speculation that perhaps the range has discontinued, after the absence of three years without new products; brand new models have started to appear on Amazon.
Contents
Regular Range
Engines and Vehicles
- Thomas
- Edward
- Henry
- Gordon
- James
- Percy
- Toby
- Duck
- Donald
- Douglas
- Oliver
- Bertie the Bus
- Terence the Tractor
- Harold the Helicopter
- Trevor the Traction Engine
- Bill
- Ben
- Rusty
- Daisy
- Mavis
- Lorry 1
- Diesel
- George the Steamroller
- Bulstrode the Barge
- The Fat Controller's Car
- Spencer
- Emily
- Rosie
- Iron Arry
Coaches and Rolling Stock
- Annie
- Clarabel
- Henrietta
- Express Coach
- Toad
- Troublesome Truck 1
- Troublesome Truck 2
- Red Truck (Not available separately)
- Low Loader
- Milk Wagon
- Fuel Wagon
- Sugar Wagon
Accessories
- Tidmouth Station Playset
- Fat Controller & Porter Figurines (to scale with models)
- Cranky the Crane (to scale with models)
- Circuit Track Set (compatible with Station)
- Tunnel Bridge
Drive Away Talking Engines
- Thomas
- Percy
- James
- Spencer
Talking My First Thomas and Friends
The talking versions of the My First models were first released in 2001. The models are more complex than the basic ones, their eyes move, and they speak familiar phrases from the original stock narrations of Ringo Starr and Michael Angelis. Six of the models: Peter Sam, Lady, Murdoch, Molly, Salty, and Neville have never been released in the average range:
- Thomas
- Edward
- James
- Percy
- Oliver
- Bertie the Bus
- Harold the Helicopter
- Mavis
- Peter Sam
- Lady
- Fat Controller's Car
- Emily
- Spencer
- Molly
- Murdoch
- Salty
- Neville
External links
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